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Re: posix_spawn* license change request
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Eric Blake |
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Re: posix_spawn* license change request |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:42:04 -0600 |
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On 10/28/2010 12:40 PM, Adam Stokes wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:11 +0200
> Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>>> Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+?
>>
>> For what package is this?
netcf, which is currently one of the libraries directly linked into the
LGPLv2+ libvirt.
>>
>> Have you considered releasing this package under LGPLv3+ instead of
>> LGPLv2+? You know about the advantages of GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ versus
>> version 2: <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html>
For good or for bad, both netcf and libvirt are managed by Red Hat
rather than FSF, so the political battle to relicense these libraries
lies with Red Hat management.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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